Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
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| Bishop: | Dr. Gebhard Fürst |
| Auxiliary bishop: | Dr. Johannes Kreidler Thomas Maria Renz |
| Vicar general: | Dr. Clemens Stroppel |
| Archdiocese: | Freiburg |
| Deaconates: | 45 |
| Parishes: | 1,039 |
| Area: | 19,514 km² |
| Population: | 5,000,000 (31 Dec. 2002) |
| Catholics: | 2,020,453 |
| Percentage: | 40,4% |
| Website: | www.drs.de |
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (lat: Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis) is a Catholic diocese in the Württembergish part of the German State of Baden-Württemberg.
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[edit] History
The Diocese of Rottenburg was established in 1821 through the Papal Bull de salute animarum. With the enthonment of the first bishop, Johann Baptist von Keller, on May 20, 1828, the formation of the diocese was complete. In 1978, the diocese changed its name to the current form of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
[edit] Diocese Arrangement
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a suffragan diocese of Freiburg and is made up of 45 Deaconates and 1,039 communities.
- Deaconate of Aalen
- Deaconate of Backnang
- Deaconate of Balingen
- Deaconate of Biberach
- Deaconate of Böblingen
- Deaconate of Calw
- Deaconate of Ehingen
- Deaconate of Ellwangen
- Deaconate of Esslingen-Nürtingen
- Deaconate of Freudenstadt
- Deaconate of Friedrichshafen
- Deaconate of Geislingen
- Deaconate of Göppingen
- Deaconate of Heidenheim
- Deaconate of Heilbronn
- Deaconate of Hohenlohe
- Deaconate of Laupheim
- Deaconate of Leutkirch
- Deaconate of Ludwigsburg
- Deaconate of Mergentheim
- Deaconate of Mühlacker
- Deaconate of Neckarsulm
- Deaconate of Neresheim
- Deaconate of Oberndorf
- Deaconate of Ochsenhausen
- Deaconate of Ravensburg
- Deaconate of Reutlingen
- Deaconate of Riedlingen
- Deaconate of Rottenburg
- Deaconate of Rottweil
- Deaconate of Saulgau
- Deaconate of Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Deaconate of Schwäbisch Hall
- Deaconate of Spaichingen
- Deaconate of Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
- Deaconate of Stuttgart-Filder
- Deaconate of Stuttgart-Mitte
- Deaconate of Stuttgart-Nord
- Deaconate of Tuttlingen
- Deaconate of Ulm
- Deaconate of Waiblingen
- Deaconate of Waldsee
- Deaconate of Wangen
- Deaconate of Zwiefalten
[edit] Cathedrals
- St. Martin's Cathedral in Rottenburg
- Co-cathedral of St. Eberhard in Stuttgart
[edit] See also
List of Bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
[edit] References
- The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.
[edit] External links
- (German) Diocean Website
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